Thanks to everyone for such positive feedback on what I feared was a totally subjective reaction to the challenge. I've done a couple of tweaks since I posted it in the heat of the moment and can justify the changes in the light of later wisdom. I felt it had been over-dominated by all the self-imposed constraints. I had, in fact, considered constructing a Fibonacci Sonnet, but decided that Heroic Couplets were more in tune with the spirit of it.
This is a theoretical device
For sorting sheep from goats. Ticks will suffice.
What is your first impression of a cactus?
Prickly or Fibonacci phyllotaxis?
What would you use on an Entscheidungsproblem?
A dictionary or an algorithm?
What do you think a Banburismus is?
A belch? A tool for cryptanalysis?
Do you align yourself with Normal types
Or chain your tea-mug to the water pipes?
Did you do you-know-what with you-know-who?
If yes, continue to subsection two -
Accept the oestrogen or rot in jail?
You may tick one box only. Pass or Fail.
CAPTCHA or Gotcher. Then Delilah’s voice
Proposes a subsidiary choice:
The poisoned apple or the wicked queen?
Which is the man and which is the machine?
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